Choke won't stay open
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09-12-2006, 12:27 PM
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#32
09-16-2006, 12:33 PM
RE: Choke won't stay open
I had this same problem and everytime I adjusted the friction ****, a day or two later it would happen again. Finally took the bike to the dealer and they left the stock friction **** but put what looks like a lock washer behind it. It hasn't happend since and its been a few weeks now. The choke opens smoothly all the way now but for some reason, once the bike is warm, it slides in by itself. The cool thing is, it doesnt slide in before it's warm so I am fine with it. Not sure if thats the way its supposed to work, but my problem is solved.
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#34
09-20-2006, 02:31 AM
RE: Choke won't stay open
ORIGINAL: WarriorHD
I had this same problem and everytime I adjusted the friction ****, a day or two later it would happen again. Finally took the bike to the dealer and they left the stock friction **** but put what looks like a lock washer behind it. It hasn't happend since and its been a few weeks now. The choke opens smoothly all the way now but for some reason, once the bike is warm, it slides in by itself. The cool thing is, it doesnt slide in before it's warm so I am fine with it. Not sure if thats the way its supposed to work, but my problem is solved.
I had this same problem and everytime I adjusted the friction ****, a day or two later it would happen again. Finally took the bike to the dealer and they left the stock friction **** but put what looks like a lock washer behind it. It hasn't happend since and its been a few weeks now. The choke opens smoothly all the way now but for some reason, once the bike is warm, it slides in by itself. The cool thing is, it doesnt slide in before it's warm so I am fine with it. Not sure if thats the way its supposed to work, but my problem is solved.
I am sure it is just a lucky timing thing with the friction of the fastner and the vibration doing it. But for now, it seems to be working in synch with what I need.
#35
09-20-2006, 02:35 AM
RE: Choke won't stay open
No part number that I know of. It just looks like a regular ol' lock washer that the tech dug up in the shop and it doesn't look bad either......
ORIGINAL: stevegray
Yeah, that is what mine used to do, slide in on its own. Then after a few weeks, won't stay open at all. Although the lock washer idea sounds promising, I wonder if they have a part number for that?
Yeah, that is what mine used to do, slide in on its own. Then after a few weeks, won't stay open at all. Although the lock washer idea sounds promising, I wonder if they have a part number for that?
#37
03-27-2008, 07:53 PM
RE: Choke won't stay open
They call it an enricher cable because thats what it is, a choke cuts off air (usually with a butterfly or a valve) to mix more fuel, an enricher introduces extra gas into the carb. So its not a choke or a choke cable, no matter what humanity calls it. 
ORIGINAL: stevegray
Looks like I have it staying open now, will have to wait a day or two and see how it goes.
After going out and tinkering with it, I decided to actually check the service manual, and would you belive it, it does tell you how to do it. Clymer manual page 92. Had trouble finding it because they call it an "enricher" cable, instead of calling it a choke like the rest of humanity.
Thanks for all the tips.
Looks like I have it staying open now, will have to wait a day or two and see how it goes.
After going out and tinkering with it, I decided to actually check the service manual, and would you belive it, it does tell you how to do it. Clymer manual page 92. Had trouble finding it because they call it an "enricher" cable, instead of calling it a choke like the rest of humanity.
Thanks for all the tips.
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03-27-2008, 08:12 PM
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